Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Apple Inc. ( 2020 )

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 UNILOC USA, INC., et al., 7 Plaintiffs, No. C 18-00358 WHA 8 v. ? APPLE, INC., ORDER GRANTING IN PART 10 Defendant. MOTION TO SEAL 11 TO 12 Apple moves to seal, as confidential to Uniloc, several excerpts and a deposition 5 13 transcript (Dkt. No. 128) attached to its request for discovery (Dkt. No. 129). Uniloc 14 withdraws all confidentiality designations except the dollar amounts in Apple’s Exhibit C, at 3 15 page 139, lines 17 and 20, which are sensitive financial information from business negotiations a 16 (Dkt. No. 131 at 2). 3 17 There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our court system and the public is 18 entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not). See Kamakana vy. City & Cty. of 19 Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). But, in discovery matters, outside of the 20 merits of the case, “a party need only satisfy the less exacting ‘good cause’ standard” to seal 21 information. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 2016). 22 Good cause exists to seal the sensitive financial information. As to these specified dollar 23 amounts, the motion is GRANTED. As to the rest, the motion is DENIED. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 Dated: January 30, 2020. 26 LLIAM ALSUP 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE